Publications

Forging a Path Beyond Borders: The Global South

Forging a Path Beyond Borders: The Global South

The “rise of the South”, as some have called it, has prompted much speculation about the “decoupling” of growth in developing countries from that of advanced economies. This phenomenon has likewise led to much enthusiasm about new approaches to global governance. Yet,...
Defining and Quantifying South-South Cooperation

Defining and Quantifying South-South Cooperation

Download PDF This paper by UNCTAD explores the long-standing and controversial issue of statistics on South-South cooperation (SSC). Statistical systems on SSC are extremely weak across the board. The problems with measurement stem in essence from conceptual...
South-South Ideas: The Link Between Trade and Inequality – A Review of the Literature and Emerging Research Agenda From the Perspective of South-South Cooperation

South-South Ideas: The Link Between Trade and Inequality – A Review of the Literature and Emerging Research Agenda From the Perspective of South-South Cooperation

South-South Ideas paper by Dr. Milindo Chakrabarti, visiting fellow at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and a professor at the O.P. Jindal Global University, India. This paper constructs a hypothesis that South-South trade based on...
South-South Ideas: From Trilemma to Triple Wins – Creating Synergies among Chinese Labour-intensive Manufacturers, Global Buyers and Low-wage Southern Countries

South-South Ideas: From Trilemma to Triple Wins – Creating Synergies among Chinese Labour-intensive Manufacturers, Global Buyers and Low-wage Southern Countries

South-South Ideas paper by Wen Chen, Jiajun Xu and Jia Yu, from the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University. Prompted by fast-rising wages, the graduation of China from labour-intensive manufacturing has opened up a golden window of opportunity for...